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succession series consequence progression
SYN: Following, order, succession, series, consequence, progression, continuity, posteriority.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

S S2 C3 PP
heathen, S, S2, C3, PP; hathene , S; heaðene , S; hæðene , S.—AS. hǽðen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

se seca cuesta poco
Después que la cosecha se recoje y se seca, cuesta poco trabajo conducirla a lomo de mula por los senderos menos transitables en apariencia.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

she said calmly pouring
‘I thought it must be near three,’ she said, calmly pouring from the cup into the basin, and steeping the linen as before.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

S2 S3 C2 P
Assayen , v. to examine, to attack, S2, S3, C2, P; asaien , W2; asayen , S3; assaied , pp. , W.—AF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

supplēmentum scrīberent cōnsulēs permissum
Such are permittō in Sallust and Livy, concēdō , also sinō , mostly in the imperative, chiefly in old Latin and poetry, and the impersonal licet (used thus often in Cicero, rarely before or after): as, supplēmentum scrīberent cōnsulēs, permissum , L. 27, 22, 11, leave was given that the consuls might fill up the army . sine sciam , L. 2, 40, 5, let me know . sine modo adveniat senex , Pl.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

surely she could persuade
And the chief clerk was a lover of women, surely she could persuade him; she would close the front door in the entrance hall and talk him out of his shocked state.
— from Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

saw several crows perched
"Even the brutes bespoke the harmony of creation; for, singular to say, we saw several crows perched on the backs of swine!"
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 by Various

simple sternutation could produce
Would anyone believe that a simple sternutation could produce such ravages on a quadrupedal organism?
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

somewhat shabby carriage passed
In returning, a somewhat shabby carriage passed us, with one or two outriders, and an old gentleman inside.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

sandy soil crushing potato
My young master was plunging about the sandy soil crushing potato tops under his angry feet.
— from Bonnie Prince Fetlar: The Story of a Pony and His Friends by Marshall Saunders


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